What have you had to do without because of the Recession?

suitseir

In my case it is my two weeks holidays abroad! And, oh yea, I cannot afford to have the outside of the house painted....and it needs it.......painters still charging a fortune!

Oh well.......could be worse!:(

xOxSinéadxOx

a job.

I_AmThe_Walrus

Peace and Love.

/thread.

Not much

Kasabian

Thankfully I have so far escaped relatively unscathed.

However I must add that prior to the recession I had feck all anyway . The fact I have been lucky enough to hold onto my job means that things are pretty much the same .

ElaElaElano

Pretty much everything...my luxuries in life now are cigarettes and a bag of chips once a week. All the rest is rent, bills. Couldn't even dream about a holiday.

...

Mal-Adjusted

I had to downgrade my Gulfstream V to a Gulfstream IV! The Gulfstream IV doesn't even have surround-sound for the on-board entertainment system! :eek:
the humanity!

suitseir

xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »

a job.

Yes, I know THAT feeling too as I was made redundant in December last but I am not the main bread winner!

omerin

High class hookers female company

Junco Partner

food

on the upside i'm developing a taste for grass

krudler

Nothing, still earn the same money. which isnt a lot, but its grand for me.

I_AmThe_Walrus

I_AmThe_Walrus wrote: »

Peace and Love.

/thread.

I should also announce that my previous post referred to the mental downgrade of society.

alwaysadub

Buying new things like clothes and dvd's.
Meant to be in America at the minute,but had to cancel it when i lost my job,so a holiday.
Only go out socialising once in a blue moon.

I can survive without all that though.

MrStuffins

I can't buy coffee every morning, i have to make it in my modest kitchen!

I find it painful to part with the pennies and the pounds as I pay for transport, food, clothes, household goods and the odd bit of entertainment

I had to abandon the sweet-smelling baked bread aroma of Superquinn, in favour of the price imperative Aldi in Rathmines

I loaded my fridge with chorizo, salami, cheese, mushroom pate and Tuscan-style ham, it was bargain land at its best and it made for good packed lunches, instead of three-course lunch menus on the quays, surrounded by solicitors in smart suits

I found myself visiting the free-to-enter Natural History Museum and the National Gallery of Ireland on Merrion Square

I even froze my gym membership and joined the vast numbers of joggers on the streets each night, the whole lycra-clad herd of them

I cut down on my going out, from twice at a weekend to once.

A Saturday afternoon would normally consist of hitting the high-end boutiques of Clarendon Street to find a new outfit for that night those pipe-dreams were forced to fade into oblivion as I embraced cut-price fashion fixes

As I had to save rather than splurge, Saturday night on the tiles consisting of having drinks in a friend's house with bargain-basement grisly beer stuff.
I gritted my teeth and sucked it up; this was simply all I could afford. The era of gulping down Cosmopolitans was long gone!

It's a hard life

James Forde

coke and hookers

astra2000

Some minor things eating out clothes but thankfully still able to pay bills keep food on the table and keep house going so cant complain when there are so many people out there who cant do the same.

AckwelFoley

not alot..

didnt change the car since 2008, and i dont travel as much.

mikom

suitseir wrote: »

I cannot afford to have the outside of the house painted....and it needs it.......painters still charging a fortune!

Peasant......... my missus has the painters in once a month.

up for anything

My house - on the block at the moment.
Buying anything apart from food.
Car tax.
Peace of mind.

Lex_Diamonds

MrStuffins wrote: »

I can't buy coffee every morning, i have to make it in my modest kitchen!

I find it painful to part with the pennies and the pounds as I pay for transport, food, clothes, household goods and the odd bit of entertainment

I had to abandon the sweet-smelling baked bread aroma of Superquinn, in favour of the price imperative Aldi in Rathmines

I loaded my fridge with chorizo, salami, cheese, mushroom pate and Tuscan-style ham, it was bargain land at its best and it made for good packed lunches, instead of three-course lunch menus on the quays, surrounded by solicitors in smart suits

I found myself visiting the free-to-enter Natural History Museum and the National Gallery of Ireland on Merrion Square

I even froze my gym membership and joined the vast numbers of joggers on the streets each night, the whole lycra-clad herd of them

I cut down on my going out, from twice at a weekend to once.

A Saturday afternoon would normally consist of hitting the high-end boutiques of Clarendon Street to find a new outfit for that night those pipe-dreams were forced to fade into oblivion as I embraced cut-price fashion fixes

As I had to save rather than splurge, Saturday night on the tiles consisting of having drinks in a friend's house with bargain-basement grisly beer stuff.
I gritted my teeth and sucked it up; this was simply all I could afford. The era of gulping down Cosmopolitans was long gone!

It's a hard life

It sounds to me like you're trapped in a negative equity nightmare to be honest...

As for my own sacrifices, very little because I live frugally anyway, but I guess I'm just more aware in general of prices and constantly thinking of the need to save the pennies for the coming Armageddon everyone keeps talking about...

meemeep

A job!! That's the main thing - nothing else comes close!

MrStuffins

Lex_Diamonds wrote: »

It sounds to me like you're trapped in a negative equity nightmare to be honest...

Wanna buy a parking spot for €45k?

Sea Sharp

suitseir wrote: »

I cannot afford to have the outside of the house painted....and it needs it.......painters still charging a fortune!

How much are they chargin?
I'll do it for 5k, lowest price guranteed!!!

bonerm

Workmates.

Nothing else really. Actually, I'd call that a result!

Einhard

suitseir wrote: »

And, oh yea, I cannot afford to have the outside of the house painted....and it needs it.......painters still charging a fortune!

Paint it yourself?

mikemac

Nothing.
Only real change is rent went down so I was able to haggle with the landlord.
That paid those income levies with money to spare

Einhard

feelingstressed wrote: »

Nothing.
Only real change is rent went down so I was able to haggle with the landlord.
That paid those income levies with money to spare

WTF is up with your name then?!

storm2811

Depends on how much money is coming in,my mam has two jobs and I have one so a good bit right now,so not really missing much atm apart from holidays.

mikemac

Einhard wrote: »

WTF is up with your name then?!

I answered the thread title, what have I had to do without

Won't be explaining my username

Mike 1972

Dont want to sound too smug (not least because it could all change tomorrow) but nothing so far.

The recession could yet prove quite beneficial to me in that it might actually give me the opportunity to get a place of my own (something I had hitherto given up on) without having to sell myself into a lifetime of slavery in order to afford it.

The only dark spots on the horizon for me are the proposed UK 20% VAT rate and the possibility probability that any public services that I use will turn to shyte.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Quilted toilet paper. Down to three ply

babyfratelli_x

Not much really.... I was poor anyway, Im a student :rolleyes:
So its actually fine durin the year, as rent/food etc has all come down.... Bt have been getting a lot less shifts at my summer job this year, which means less nites ou, less money for clothes shoppin and drinkin in the house more often than in the pub.

This is all fine with me though, sick of headin out at home, and enjoy havin a few drinks in the house with my mates.... and ill be back to the same old skint times come September anyway

InTheTrees

5% of my salary. So far.

Main thing thats missing is peace of mind. having a job means worrying about losing it.

and now it looks like the economy is about to collapse again...

Pope Benedict

Cheaper alter wine.

caseyann

suitseir wrote: »

In my case it is my two weeks holidays abroad! And, oh yea, I cannot afford to have the outside of the house painted....and it needs it.......painters still charging a fortune!

Oh well.......could be worse!:(

Answers for both,paint,do it yourself,Holiday,tent and car country;) probs solved :P

I had nothing in first place so didnt have to give anything up:P

galwayrush

Most weeks............Wages...........:mad:

Ronan Raver77

no more evian baths i have a barrel hooked up to all the gutters on the house..

NoHornJan

Prisons, Hospitals, Schools, Decent Transport System, Sanity but most of all Disposable Income...

saywhatyousee

NoHornJan wrote: »

Prisons, Hospitals, Schools, Decent Transport System, Sanity but most of all Disposable Income...

we had them before??

Rented Mule

I am really fortunate that I left Ireland when I did.

New job (with pay raise)
Part time job (with better pay than my full time in Ireland)
New House with all of the toys.
New Car (Ford Escape)

I don't even want to think of where I would be right now if I had stayed in Ireland.

galwayrush

Rented Mule wrote: »

I am really fortunate that I left Ireland when I did.

New job (with pay raise)
Part time job (with better pay than my full time in Ireland)
New House with all of the toys.
New Car (Ford Escape)

I don't even want to think of where I would be right now if I had stayed in Ireland.

Depressed no doubt.

Rented Mule

galwayrush wrote: »

Depressed no doubt.

Stoned to the bejaysuses to be honest

galwayrush

Rented Mule wrote: »

Stoned to the bejaysuses to be honest

We can't afford to get stoned anymore.., it's back to drinking Bucky.:pac::pac:

InTheTrees

galwayrush wrote: »

We can't afford to get stoned anymore.., it's back to drinking Bucky.:pac::pac:

banana skins?

oldyouth

In date order;

Annual Bonus
VHI
10% of my pay
Bottle of Jameson always available in the cupboard
50% of my colleagues
Buying a treat for myself every payday
A new barbeque,
And finally, in 6 weeks time, my job

Scráib

Holidays,
New clothes (And when I do get new ones I go to Pennys)
Nights out on the razz (Gone from 4 a month to maybe 1 a month)

kiwilostineire

MrStuffins wrote: »

Wanna buy a parking spot for €45k?

Only if my parents and bank try and talk me out of it

tommyhaas

The people here whining about the little sacrifices they'v made should spare a thought for those less fortunate

Poor P Diddy has had to leave his private jet parked up, and is being forced to slum it with American Airlines Business Class

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRZTCZPNNWU

donmeister

Bridger Billions Freezer wrote: »

Quilted toilet paper. Down to three ply

*Holds hand to head and faints

suitseir

Einhard wrote: »

Paint it yourself?

I am doing inside like bedrooms and pondering on doing the kitchen. Outside? nope no can do.....two storey so too high and OH wouldn't climb a two step ladder! Last time, which is some time ago, it cost me 3,000 pounds!

Rented Mule

galwayrush wrote: »

We can't afford to get stoned anymore.., it's back to drinking Bucky.:pac::pac:

I grow my own